Consultancy in Continuous Cover Forest Management

Descriptions

This contract is for the provision of forest management consultancy in establishing a research and demonstration stand in continuous cover forest management on the public forest estate at Coed Moel Famau.This project is a collaboration between North Wales Wildlife Trust and Natural Resources Wales, which seeks to demonstrate the effective conversion of an upland sitka spruce stand to continuous cover forest management, following single tree selection on a 10Ha site.The consultant will need to oversee the establishment of this research and demonstration stand and facilitate training sessions in single tree selection for forestry professionals and higher/further education students over a period of 12 months.The consultant will need to oversee data collection on the stand and the sharing of data with the UK Irregular Silviculture Network. The training element of this project will involve the establishment of a marteloscope and the consultant will be required to facilitate training workshops in understanding the marteloscope and single tree selection.